How to Take Control of Your Data
Consumer Reports has a new security tool available online for free. Their information is tailored to our individual online uses and behavior. Simply click on the devices and methods you use and the site provides helpful links for improving your safety and online security. To evaluate the site, I clicked on each option available for... Continue Reading →
I succeeded in removing our PII from search engine results after two years of tedious work. It takes commitment to privacy to keep our names and other PII out of search results and most data mining websites. I'm obsessively careful and distrusting of everybody when it comes to my information. My husband is not exactly... Continue Reading →
Terrifying. As I read this article, I imagined my grandparents in that situation. That this is happening at all is reason enough to shut down data broker sites that include lists of relatives. We worked very hard to keep our names from being connected to our families, but it happened due to public information being... Continue Reading →
Most privacy enthusiasts start with some basic steps to limit our exposure to spam and personal info leaks. A new article in Wired describes how frustrating it can be to realize how we're opted IN automatically when we share email addresses and other information with vendors. Have an email address ready to use for receipts... Continue Reading →
The Complete Privacy & Security Podcast- Episode 071 March 16, 2018 Click here for SoundCloud site. This was a super-informative podcast where Johan, the owner of several people search sites (discoverthem.com and others) describes how they obtain, maintain, and sell your personal information. You'll feel a little sick after listening, but you'll learn some helpful... Continue Reading →
Follow up to the last post. After talking to CS at GoDaddy.com about telephonedirectories.us about my options, I decided this may be a browser issue. The CS agent said that td.us is still an active site, according to what he could see. He could see the site, while I couldn't on my computer. I closed... Continue Reading →
So, we're moving. Again. You are, too, I bet. Did you know that when you fill out a mail forwarding request with the USPS they SELL your new information to advertisers? True story. What to do- what to do? I'm trying a new method to keep our new address from showing up online... I spent... Continue Reading →
Internet websites and their domain names are governed by the ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. A website's domain must be unique (such as ourprivacymatters.org) in order for an internet browser to point to it correctly. When a person or business registers a domain, their information becomes public information. All of the... Continue Reading →
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